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STATE BOAKD OF FORESTRY 

 Fires in 1913. 



While fires were reported during every month of the year except 

 January, making an unusual record, the spring fires were almost 

 entirely confined to the period between March 1st and May 15th, and 

 practically all of the fall fires occurred between November 5th and 

 December 15th. Of the 185 fires reported 2 per cent, occurred in 

 February, 7 per cent, in March, 27 per cent, in April, 39 per cent, in 

 May, 2 per cent, in June, 2 per cent, in July, 1 per cent, in August, 1 

 per cent, in September, 1 per cent, in October, 12 per cent, in Novem- 

 ber and 6 per cent, in December; 152 of the fires were in the three 

 mountain counties, Garrett, Allegany and Frederick; 86 per cent, of 

 them occurred during the long, dry spring season. The average area 

 burned over by each fire was 138 acres and the average damage was 

 $229.42, or a loss of $1.66 per acre. A tabulated list of the fires of 

 1913 is given in the following table: 



Location. Date. 



Corrigansville. . . . Feb. 23 



North Branch Mar. 2 



North Branch .... " 4 



Twiggtown " 6 



Song " 9 



Collins Mt " 9 



Lonaconing " 23 



Pinto " 23 



Frostburg " 30 



Corrigansville.... Apr. 8 



Frostburg " 8 



Midlothian " 9 



Piney Grove "9 



North Branch.... " 10 



Oldtown " 13 



Twiggtown " 18 



Frostburg " 18 



Barton " 19 



Frostburg " 20 



Gilmore " 21 



Frostburg " 22 



TABLE V FIRES IN 1913. 



ALLEGANY COUNTY. 



Acres 

 Burned. 

 3 

 4 



200 

 100 

 4 



400 

 40 

 1 

 8 



75 

 10 

 50 

 80. 

 12 

 60 

 100 

 10 

 45 

 15 

 55 

 20 



Warden. 



Helmstetter. 

 Wentling. 



Helmstetter. 



Wentling. 



Llewellyn. 



Helmstetter. 



Mayer. 



Helmstetter. 



Mayer. 

 



Fletcher. 



Wentling. 



Twigg. 



Wentling. 



Mayer. 



Llewellyn. 



Mayer. 



